Now a different class a couple of years later and another opportunity to randomly collect words from periodicals. They are foolishness, weeping, inconspicuous, framework, voice, parameters, face, reappearance, chattering, connection. The assignment was to form a poem and/or story. (Four years later the art piece emerged.)

Truth be told

A beautiful, innocent child

Smothered in a framework of unspoken and spoken expectations

Innocent no more

He grapples with untethering from the confines of the parameters

The racing of his thoughts and chattering voice

Quickly yielding to a weeping face and aching heart

Not surprising

The manic reappearance and inconspicuous connection

Ahh, the foolishness of a parent